The Exec's nominee (currently, the
VP) makes a general call for bids to the international community.
He or she collects the responses and presents them to the Exec. Final selection
usually involves a site visit by members of the Exec to the location(s)
of interest.

Call for Bids to Host ACL-05

The Association for Computational Linguistics
(ACL) hereby invites proposals to host the annual conference in North America
in 2005. This conference will be the 43rd annual meeting of the ACL and
will be hosted jointly by ACL's North American chapter (NAACL).

At this time, we seek draft proposals
from prospective bidders. Based on an evaluation of the draft proposals
received, promising bidders will be asked to provide additional information
as needed for the final selection.

A Conference Coordinating Committee
will be appointed by the ACL and NAACL executive committees. The Coordinating
Committee will select the General Chair, Program Committee Co-Chairs and
all other Chairs for the conference (e.g., Tutorial Chair, Demo Chair,
Publications Chair, Student Co-Chairs), except the Local Arrangements Chair.

Draft proposals should identify a Local
Arrangements Chair, who will be responsible for activities such as arranging
meeting rooms, equipment, refreshments, housing, on-site registration,
participant e-mail access, security for equipment, the reception, the banquet,
and working with the General Chair and the Conference Coordinating Committee
to develop the budget and registration materials.

Draft proposals are due on September
15, 2003. They will be evaluated by the Coordinating Committee by October
31, 2003. Promising bidders will then be contacted and asked to provide
further information due by December 1, 2003. The final bid will be chosen
early in 2004.

The conference should take place during June or July
2005, avoiding national holidays of Canada and the USA.

The Association for Computational Linguistics
(ACL) hereby invites proposals to host the annual conference in North America.
This conference, which marks the 40th anniversary of the ACL, will simultaneously
be the 3rd annual conference of the ACL chapter for North America (NAACL).

Draft proposals are being sought from
prospective bidders. Based on an evaluation of the draft proposals, promising
bidders will be asked to provide additional information as needed for the
final selection.

Bids for Local Arrangements Chair can
include suggestions for General Chair, which must be someone other than
the Local Arrangements Chair but could be at the same institution.

The General Chair will be responsible
for overseeing operations of the conference, including working with the
Executives of the ACL and the NAACL and liaising with the Local Arrangements
Chair to develop the budget and registration materials; working with the
Program and Local Arrangements Chairs to develop the schedule and program;
working with the ACL Executive Board to appoint supporting chairs to obtain
outside funding, publicize the conference, and organize workshops, tutorials,
student events, and demonstrations (none of these supporting nominations
need to be included in the proposal); and coordinating the activities of
the various chairs and their committees.

The Local Arrangements Chair will be
responsible for the activities such as arranging meeting rooms, equipment,
refreshments, housing, on-site registration, participant e-mail access,
security for equipment, the reception, the banquet, and working with the
General Chair, the ACL, and the NAACL to develop the budget and registration
materials.

The ACL Executive Board will select
the Program Committee Chair, who will be responsible for the processes
of soliciting, receiving, and reviewing submissions; selecting the papers
to be presented at the conference; notifying authors of acceptance or rejection;
and developing the conference program.

Draft proposals are due on September
15, 2000. They will be evaluated by the ACL Executive Board by October
31, 2000. Promising bidders will then be contacted and asked to provide
further information due by December 1, 2000. The final bid will be chosen
by the Executive Boards early in 2001.

The conference should take place during June or July
2002, avoiding the national days of Canada and the USA.

Given that this conference will mark
the 40th anniversary of ACL, we welcome bids that include some special
event or activity to honor this achievement.

The Association for Computational Linguistics
(ACL) hereby invites proposals to host the 39th Annual Meeting of the ACL
(ACL'01) together with the 10th Conference of its European Chapter
in Europe (including neighboring countries like Israel or Turkey). International
ACL conferences are usually held at the end of July.

The proposal submission process is
in two stages. First, draft proposals are sought from prospective proposers.
Based on the evaluation of the draft proposals, selected proposers will
be invited to submit full proposals. The intent of a request for draft
proposals is to minimize the labor and costs associated with the production
of full proposals.

Draft proposals are due on 15 June
1999. Draft proposals are evaluated competitively at the ACL Executive
Meeting on 22 June 1999 after consultation with the EACL Board. Selected
proposers will be informed electronically before 26 June 1999. Full proposals
are due on 15 August 1999.